Boxing-glove.



Z. G. OLDHAM.

BOXING GLOVE.

APPLICATION FILQD APR-29. I918.

Patented Dec. 3, 1918.

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To all whom it may concern:

'Be it known that I, ZACK Gr. ULDEAM,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in BOXlIlg-Gl0V6S, of which the'following is a specification.

This invention relates to boxing gloves, and has for its object to provide an improved boxing. glove which will be superior in point of relative simplicity and inexpensiveness of construction and organization, taken in conjunction with extended life and increased durability, increased resilience of elasticity as to the cushioning element or elements thereof, which will provide more effectively for maintaining the cushioning elements thereof in even distribution and disposition, and which will be generally superior in efliciency and ser'vice'ability and convenience 1n assembllng or repair of parts.

With the above and other ob]ects in view, the inventlon consists 1n the novel and useful provlsion, formation, construction, combination, association .and inter-relation of parts, members and features, all as hereinafter described, shown in the drawing, and finally pointed out in claims.

glove constructed and organized in accord-- In the drawing: Figure 1 is an inner face view of a boxing ance with the invention;

Fig. 2 1s a rear face'view of the' same parts being broken away for clearness of illustration; and

Fig. 3 is a detail transverse sectional view of the, same, taken upon the line a -w,

orresponding parts in all the figures are designated by the same reference characters. Referring with particularity to the draw:

ing, the improved boxing. glove comprising the invention, comprises, in combination or,

association with a front or inner body wall 4, a rear or outer body wall 5, and a alm. covering member 6; of a filling or pa ding or cushioning member or element 7 disposed between the walls 4 and 5, such member or I element extending both into-the thumb portion B,'and intothe .h and ortion A of the glove. The glove is provi ed with a wrist portion O built up of the inner body ,wall 4 and the palm covering member 6, and a wrist band 8 joinedwith the side edges bf both of the same, as at 8, and withvthe end edge of the inner body walls, andextend.

ing around the backgof the wrist of the wearer below the terminal portion of the outer body wall 5, to which it may be laced,

' as at 9, after the filling or padding member throughout the mass of wh ch are freely distributed voids, such material being com- 7 monly known as spon e rubber,

A suitable lacing 10 is applied to the palm covering 6, in the" wrist portion C'of the glove, so as to draw the wrist portion together over the Wrist of the wearer and hold the glove in lace. The usual suitable holes 11 are provi ed in the palmcovering 6, for ventilation of the space between the palm covering and the inner body wall 4:, to suitably air the hand when in the glove. The

wrist band 8 may or may not be otherwise" attached or stitched to the front body wall 4, as by lines of stitching 12, in accordance with preference or expediency.

{lit will be readily understood from the foregoing description and the accompanying drawing-,- that the general make-up of the boxing glove as to its body walls, palm covering, wrist portion and lacing 12 at the wrist portion, is in accordance generally 7 with standard practice The invention particularly relates to the nature and organ1- zation of the filling, or padding or resilient" element 7 disposed between the inner body wall 4 and the outer body .wall. 5. I This ma-v terial, which, either in one mass or in two masses, or a greater number of masseslf desired," is" introduced into the space mentioned is of such a resilient and durable quality,

and is so evenly distributed, and so 'efiectively maintains its evendistribution, that;

the padding or' filling of the glove has extremely beneficial and greatly improved" qualities. llnjthe first place, the glove is.

' iventhat quality: of resilience which men ersit much safer'in use and much less lia ble to produce injury-'ordil'scomfort upon impact aga nst the face or. person of an adversary, protecting Lsuch adversary against inadvertent or accidentalblows which otherwisemight cause inconvenlence, damage, and as sometimes occurs, extreme injury and dlscomfort. lBarticularly do these qualities apeal to amateur boxers, who des re more to i score tactical or strategetio points, than to do physical violence to each other. However, the blow of the glove is not robbed of all i of its salutary and health-giving efiects, nor a of those aggressive results which, among sturdy and healthy contestants, are relished rather than feared or avoided. Furthermore, the inherent tendency of the filling element- 7. to maintain its even distribution, prevents the filling from becoming bunched or missults that the knuckles or other portions of the hand are not inadvertently, and cannot even intentionally, be bared to produce more is strenuous and damaging blows than expected from the hand properly covered by a boxing glove. In the use of gloves as ordinarily organized in standard practice, the padding or filling may readily be shifted or displaced, being of a' loose and easily separated or subdivided or shifted nature or character, and this permits the user to unfairly vary the striking quality of his glove so as to take advantage of his adversary. This is often met with in the conducting of boxing bouts, namely, the unfair disarrangement of the padding or-filling of the glove, so as to take advantage ofthe adversary, and in the use of the adding or filling element 7 this is well nig impossible, and even were the padding'or filling shifted or separated, it would tend t0 re-assu'm'eits former position in complete occupation of the fillingretaining space. i

36 In practice it'has been found that this filling or padding element 7 is many times;

'- as durable as, and has several times the life of, the padding or filling ordinarily found I 1n boxing gloves; and it 'is found to reliably 40 keep its form and distribution and to lend a quality to the blow of the glove whichis* pleasing and unharmful and at the same time has all of the life and vigor of impact which is relished in this pastime.

As to length of life, it has been found that this padding or filling will outwear several glove bodies, the life of the fillingbeing for practical purposes, without limit. The

*lacin connection'at 9 'permits of conven- '50 ient introduction of the padding element 7 to the accommodating space in the body of .the glove,'and likewise permits of conven-.

ient withdrawal of such. padding. element for replacement or any other purpose if re- .55 quired, or for removal to introduce within a fresh or a new-glove body.

It is manifest that changes and modifi- V cations and variations may be made as to the construction and organization of the boxing glove, including the general elements of body structure, and the. like, and the specifie nature of the filling or padding or resilient element 7 all in contradistinction from the foregoing description and statement, and the accompanying drawing, without departing from the spirit of the invention and the terms of the following claims. placed or unevenly distributed, so that it re- 7 Having thus disclosed my invention, I

claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent 2 1. A boxing glove having a body provided with a space forreceiving and confining a padding or filling, and a padding or filling element in such. space and comprising a sponge rubber mass.

2. A boxing glove having body members providing a space for receiving and confining a padding or filling, and a padding or filling-element in such space and comprising a sponge 'rubber mass. 4

3. A boxing glove having body members providing a space for receiving and confining a padding or filling, and-a padding or filling element in such space and comprising a rubber masscontaining voids; said glove having a hand portion and a thumb portion throughout both of which said rubber mass is distributed.

l.- A boxing glove having body members providing a space for reqeivingand confining a padding or fill1ng,land a padding or filling element in such space and comprising arubber mass containing'voids; said glove being provided with .a' Wristportion and with an openin at the wrist portion through which said rub r.massmaybe introduced; andmeans for closing's'aid opening.

5. A boxing glove having bodymembers providing 'a" space forirecei'ving and con- 9. padding or filling, and a padding.

finin or filling element in such space and "comprising a rubber mass containing voids; said glove being-provided with a wrist portion and with an opening at the wrist portion through which said rubber mass may be introduced; and lacing for closing said openmg- I v l In-testimony whereof, l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ZACK G. OLDHAM.

Witnesses:

'-J.Smrrr,- J.

Wmms S. MITCH LL. I 

